But not fully compatible on the d750. Look into it, Nasim at photography life has a writeup. Only compatible fully on recent dx cameras because of the stepping motor… Insane for an fx lens…

sandy

Depends what they mean by limited. The New 18-55 dx is supposed to be limited on my D7100 but works perfectly. A gem of a small lens BTW, silent, lightning fast and accurate focus. Optics are not to shabby either. Picked it up for $99. A tiny little wonder.

And by the way Admin the lens is called AF-P NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR (E after aperture is pretty significant because as we all know it stands for Electronic diaphragm) …

James R Mercer

So – if I understand this correctly – Nikon says that the lens will lose focus and require re-focusing when the standby timer elapses and the metering information on the top LCD screen disappears. (On the D750, that’s set to 6 seconds).

Is that correct?

If so, then this isn’t a big deal, since you can change the standby in Timers C2 to a more generous setting. I would also expect this to be addressed eventually in a firmware update for the D750 and D810 (and probably others) since not doing so would be a pretty crappy decison on Nikon’s part. 😀

BVS

D750 should be fully compatible after firmware update.

MB

Firmware update to address the the issue will be available for the following DSLRs:
D5, D750, D610, D600, D5500, D5300, D3300

Bert

Something isn’t correct.
“This lens is compatible with most DSLR’s except …”
And then Nikon lists almost all camera’s they produce of have produced wich are not compatible.
When you compare this list, only a few camera’s are compatible and Nikon’s most recent camera’s need a software upgrade.
If that’s the new policy from Nikon who claims all lenses after 1972 are useable with most camera’s.
Nikon loses every day more reliability.

CShowalter

Say you are about to capture that amazing landscape shot, camera on your tripod, the perfect composition, manually prefocussed for DOF, metered and everything setup. Remote release in hand just waiting for that glimpse of sun though the clouds or a wave spashing over that rock … There we go: Click!
And then the image ends up super soft because the new AF-P lens decided to reset the focus after a couple of seconds.

“Not so important”? ;~)

Nick Hall

Didn’t you just say “manually prefocussed”. Don’t see a problem with this particular scenario.

CShowalter

Well I suppose it happens at least when you use manual focus override. Not sure if it resets when in “M” mode.
Anyway in this scenario the most likely thing would be to focus on a spot at a specific distance via live-view beforehand (and no AF associated with the shutter release ofc).
Apparently the focus will reset as the meter turns off.

MB

Thats rubbish … AF-P will not reset if in manual focus …

James R Mercer

There’s now a firmware update for the D5 and D500 for this lens, addressing the sleep timeout issue, which is the compatibility issue in question. From NR:

“Added the support for the following features of AF-P lenses:
– If the standby timer expires after the camera has focused, the focus position will not change when the timer is reactivated.”

I suspect more firmware updates will come, including for the D750.

James R Mercer

What limitations have you found on the D750? At the moment – as far as I can tell from Nikon itself – there are NO fully-compatible FX bodies available for this lens.

correct.
Nikon ‘confirms’ that D800/D810 are obsolete camera’s allthough they have any modern replacements.
You wonder if Nikon is still interested in full frame camera’s as they only upgrade the 3…., 5…. and 7…. series.
Or they will force you to buy news future camera’s if you want the new lenses work with your camera.
🙁

The 70-300 AF-P DX version is quite fast at focusing. I couldn’t compare side by side because I haven’t the AF-S (sold it time ago), but isn’t slow at all! Regarding sharpness, the AF-P beats the AF-S clearly.

If this AF-P FX maintains sharpness of the DX version, then it has to be better than the old AF-S.

Excellent question. Until it ships, we won’t see any real in-depth reviews on it, let alone ratings.

BVS

The Nikon Japan website says it’s scheduled to be released on July 28th.

Bob Thane

Just in time for the D825!

Glen

Will be interesting to see how the image quality of this compares to the DX version on an APS-C body. My light kit is currently a D5500 with 10-20 and 16-85 and I am considering adding the 70-300 DX version although if this is better on DX I may consider this one instead and then I could also use it on my D810.

Seb

You’re giving up on weight (680g vs 415g) and size (+0.8cm diameter, 2cm in length). That can be significant on a light kit.

But of course, if you want to use it on a FX body… that’d be a better choice indeed.

Captain Megaton

That’s actually a tough decision.

Do you want 70-300 though, or do you need 105-450?

For 70-300, I’d recommend the 55-200DX as a cheap and cheerful, small and light telezoom. Don’t bother with trying to get 70-300 on FX of you have a DX body, it’s just not worth the extra fuss.

If you need 105-450, there’s the 80-400 FX lens to consider, or the 70-300DX. Personally I’d still go with DX here.

Bob Thane

$700, not too bad. Should be significantly better than the $650 Canon, looking forward to giving it a go.

James R Mercer

Just got confirmation from Nikon that D750 and other newer FF bodies will receive a firmware update addressing the sleep timer/focus issue. They’ve already released updates for the D5/D500.

Just watched a Public TV music concert from St Petersberg with David Foster with a fabulous female singer from the Ukraine, another beautiful tall blond lady from Moscow, and Emin who is from Azerbaijan. Outstanding concert. The only people not getting along seem to be in the U.S. Ironic.

Aldo

“beautiful tall blond lady from Moscow” of Aryan decent, blue eyes? Just about the only Americans look-a-likes Trumps wants to see. Don’t forget he is “genetically superior” saw that interview? Nothing wrong with that either…

Weird, even the crappy 55-300 came with a hood, bummer they nixed it on the 70-300. Glad the FX version has a hood though.

bobgrant

549.95 for the hood. The lens is optional.

bobgrant

I wish Nikon would release a new lens cap design. That would be more interesting. But to be fair, the 70-300 vr was always crummy, so this lens will be a good deal for many shooters if they get the long end sharp.

Here in France nikon said the Lens is Fully compatible with d600 610 750 if they sports the latest firmware update,
Sad thing is no 800 or 800e compatibility at all,
The nikon article specifies also a sealed barrel (tous les éléments amovibles sont étanches)
If it’s really the case and not a typo it is a great News.

Hard to believe that compatibility… My D600 has latest firmware and the AF-P DX version does nothing when mounted in it: no AF, no manual focus… Nothing. The only thing is that the body gets focus distance information from the lens (because I can’t take a photo in AF mode if doesn’t checks focus, no problem in shoting MF, except that it won’t focus anyway).

“The first AF-P lens was
introduced in January 2016, as a result the number of cameras with menu
items to allow control of AF-P lenses is currently limited. Some
cameras require a firmware upgrade as identified below.

Digital SLR cameras which have no restrictions with AF-P lenses
D500
D3400
D5500 (be sure the camera firmware has been updated to the latest version)
D5600
D7500

Digital SLR cameras that have some restrictions with AF-P lenses
For further details, select the product and lens combination in the DSLR camera and lens compatibility chart and check the notes.
Df
D5
D750
D810 series
D3300 (be sure the camera firmware has been updated to the latest version)
D5200
D5300 (be sure the camera firmware has been updated to the latest version)
D7100
D7200
Nikon 1 series with the FT1

I am not on the god knowledge but from what models i have read i tend to think only commercialised models will receive the update, so i think d600 will receive it only to avoid another gate since it’s the only d610 still on market reason to be.
In this regards I woul’d think the d7200 should be compatible as still available in nikon stores, but if it comes to be discontinued in few weeks maybe there is no update.
D7100 I would think it’s a no go.
Regards.